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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graig Graziosi

Texas child welfare workers quit over demands to open abuse probes into parents of transgender youth

Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

At least two child welfare workers in Texas have quit their jobs after growing concerned with Governor Greg Abbott's directive targeting the parents of transgender children as potential child abusers.

Randa Mulanax, a child welfare supervisor in Texas, told The Associated Press that an unusual air of secrecy fell over her office in the wake of the directive with staff being discouraged from sending texts or emails, and that the number of allegations centered on trans children increased noticeably.

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